I have painted and drawn bulls for some time because of their density and all the symbolism they carry.

I don't have lots of things in the background. I do like large faces, I find them strong and contemporary.

I'm always worried about the sitters - are they cold, are they hot, are they comfortable?

I'm developed as an artist to accept the fact there are different points of view, but I believe in what I do and I have to stay with that.

Photography today is so accurate and so good that it's really so much easier just to take photographs and work from them.

I'm interested in the landscape of the face, the way in which light and shadow fall across the forms. That's really my subject matter.

As an artist, you do understand you're never going to please everybody.

I am blessed out! I make time for joy every day. I commit to seeking healthy pleasure and reveling in it.

My heart leaps up when I beholdA rainbow in the sky:So was it when my life began

I expect what you're not aware of would fill several books, Dursely.

'Come out' is so funny to me because I've never been in.

[Muhammad] Ali had [Jo] Frazier , that man had the joker, Coke had Pepsi and [Donald] Trump had [Barack] Obama, or 16 primary opponents or the entire political establishment.

Self-portraiture is something one should never get involved in, since it is wrong to lie even though one endeavours to tell the truth.

You mean he came to your school? The scandalous rodent-loaf!

I've been a huge Psychedelic Furs fan for a long time. I love Butler's paintings, too. I like all their songs. I'll even crank 'Pretty in Pink,' I don't care.

Enjoy your work so that others may enjoy the results.

We must expect to fail...but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.